John Scagliotti

John Scagliotti is an American film director and radio broadcaster. He has won awards for his documentaries about LGBT issues.

Biography

During the 1970s, Scagliotti was the News and Public Affairs Director of WBCN-FM in Boston. For his work in radio, he was awarded two Major Armstrong Awards.cite web
title = Dangerous Living - The Filmmakers
publisher = After Stonewall Productions
date = 2003
url = http://www.afterstonewall.com/dl_filmmakers.html
accessdate = 2008-02-03] In the early 1980s, Scagliotti attended New York University Film School.cite web
last = Scagliotti
first = John
title = Why Are There No Real Gays in "Brokeback Mountain"?
publisher = CounterPunch
date = 2006-03-03
url = http://www.counterpunch.org/scagliotti03032006.html
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] He created "In The Life" for PBS. This was the United States' first gay and lesbian national series. [cite book
last = Lichtenstein Creative Media
title = Bullying
publisher = Lichtenstein Creative Media
pages = 13
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JLGn9MvzqwAC&pg=PA13&d
isbn =1932479295 ] Scagliotti's 1985 documentary film "Before Stonewall" won the Audience Award at L.A. Outfest and two Emmy Awards. [cite web
title = Awards for John Scagliotti
publisher = Internet Movie Database
url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768715/awards
accessdate =2008-02-03 ] His sequel, "After Stonewall" won a Golden Eagle and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Scagliotti is openly gay. His partner for 24 years was the late journalist Andrew Kopkind. [Citation
last = O' Connor
first = John J.
title = Gay Show Broadens Beyond Parochial Views
newspaper = The New York Times
date = 1995-02-28
url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE7DA113AF93BA15751C0A963958260
accessdate=2008-02-03 ] Together they produced the radio show "The Lavender Hour". [cite book
last = Schechter
first = Danny
title = The More You Watch, The Less You Know: News Wars/(sub)merged Hopes/media
publisher = Seven Stories Press
date = 1999
pages = 110
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YrIh0k32l-IC&pg=PA110&d
isbn =1888363800 ]

Filmography

*1984: "Before Stonewall"
*1999: "After Stonewall"
*2003: ""

References

External links

*imdb name|0768715|name=John Scagliotti